Business Index linkage table to statistical identifiers
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Summary
The table consists of identifiers from both the administrative register and the statistical register. This enables users to join their data with ease.
Description
The table consists of identifiers from the Business Index, which is the administrative register, with corresponding statistical identifiers, from the Inter Department Business Register. This allows the user to link the lowest legal form of a business, a legal unit to statistical data gleaned at the enterprise or reporting unit level. The enterprise / reporting unit can have either a 1-1 relationship with the legal unit [a business] or 1>many. This is due to the way a single business identifies itself which can be equal to a whole division and thus >1 legal unit. Due to statistical data following the UK economic activity of a business, the statistical identifiers can change throughout the year and therefore, the Business Index ID has been linked for each quarter of each year of the published statistical data. The user guide will outline how to join statistical data to the table to utilise the administrative ID from the Business Index.
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About this data
- Data creator
- Office for National Statistics
- Temporal coverage
- 01 January 1998 to 31 March 2025
- Frequency of collection
- Quarterly
- Dataset resource theme
- Business and economy
- Restrictions for access
- Access for all accredited researchers
- Project approval
- Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
- Search keywords
- Business IDBR Statistical Register Look up Index
Metadata
Metadata
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Dataset resource themeMain category of the topic of this resource.
- Business and economy
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Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource.
- Reference
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Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset.
- UK
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Temporal coverage The time frames covered by these data.
- 01 January 1998 to 31 March 2025
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Frequency of collectionThe frequency at which the Dataset Resource is collected i.e. published or updated.
- Quarterly
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Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset.
- Not applicable
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Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource.
- Office for National Statistics
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Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used.
- Restricted
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Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset.
- Standard disclosure rules apply
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Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform.
- Access for all accredited researchers
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Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published.
- No requirements
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Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource.
- Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
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Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset.
- No requirements
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IDS Business Catalogue identifierThe identifier for this dataset resource.
- 0.0306
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ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated.
- Business Index Linkage Table to Statistical Identifiers